We are finally seeing the end of Stephen King’sThe MistTV series and in this special bonus ep of theBook Vs. MoviepodcastMargo D.andDeanaof theTwisted Philly podcastoffer their weekly recap of the Spike TV production plus, they choose their own “Top 5 Casting Choices in a Stephen King Production.”

The podcast clip is at the bottom of this post but here are the basics of this week’s show:

Adrian’s House:

Kevin (Morgan Spector), Bryan/Jonah (Ozekie Morro) Mia (Danica Curcic) and Adrian(Russell Posner) are in the car and running out of gas. As luck would have it they are on Adrian’s block. He wants to check on his family and Mia & Bryan/Jonah want to look for gas.

Kevin wants to hide out in the car parked in the garage as this all seems like a bad idea to him.

Mia and Bryan/Joah have a hot encounter in the backseat of a car. (Kind of like Jack & Rose fromTitanicexcept they are hiding out from The Mist and not an enragedBilly Zane.)

Adrian sees his awful father who casually tells his son that his mother is lying dead on the couch. Then he admits to his father that he was the one who raped Alex.

He shoots his father and then gets kin a tussle with Kevin who found the date rape drugs at the house. Adrian knocks him out and then heads to the car which now includes excommunicated from-the-mall Vic (Erik Knudsen) who somehow has avoided The Mist all of this time.

Adrian tells them Kevin is dead but IS HE????

The Mall:

Alex (Gus Birney) and Jay (Luke Cosgrove) are enjoying each other’s company which is causing whispers at the mall and making Alex’s mom Eve (Alyssa Sutherland) really unhappy. In fact, with a nod to Wendy putting Jack into the pantry in The Shining, Eve locks Jay up in a closet. (Because, that’s a sustainable plan!)

Meanwhile, Gus (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) is having a very hard time keeping law & order at the Mall. Shelley (Alexandra Ordorlis) finds out about his hidden stash of food. He “brains” her and then chokes her to death!

Being a class act, he blames this on Alex.

The Church:

Nathalie (Frances Conroy) and Connor the cop (Darren Pettie)have a deep discussion about his parenting abilities. He confesses that he believes his son is capable of raping Alex and blames his lack of being a good role model as the main issue.

Natalie thinks The Mist maybe just what the town needed to clear out all of the bad people and sets off to take everyone to the mall and check out what is happening there.

What will their reception be like at the mall? We most likely will find out in episode 9!

Personally I am just looking forward to what Deana picks for the weekly Stephen King Top 5.

Topics covered :

How lucky they are to have Frances Conroy on this show!

The way sexual assault and mental illness are handled

Plus, Margo and Deana each pick their “Top 5 Stephen King Casting Choices”

]]>http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/the-mist-recap-ep-8-plus-top-5-stephen-king-casting-choices/feed/03701GLOP-The Glorious Ladies of Podcasting! Ep.#45http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/glop-the-glorious-ladies-of-podcasting-ep-45/
http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/glop-the-glorious-ladies-of-podcasting-ep-45/#respondMon, 14 Aug 2017 20:15:24 +0000http://brooklynfitchick.com/?p=3699 Welcome, Neighbors! We have consumed a fair amount of pop culture this week so let’s not waste any more time and get to the main course. Margo’s sister got married! She tells us the deets of her San Fran wedding; good times with family, and the several movies she watched on the plane. Oh,(...)

Welcome, Neighbors! We have consumed a fair amount of pop culture this week so let’s not waste any more time and get to the main course. Margo’s sister got married! She tells us the deets of her San Fran wedding; good times with family, and the several movies she watched on the plane. Oh, and she had a celeb sighting on her flight back to NYC! Erin finally saw LION; finished GLOW; finally listened to MOGUL; and watched TO THE BONE (Way to go, Keanu!) on Netflix. And both neighbors agree that the Real Housewives of NYC finale went out with a whimper instead of a bang. Enjoy and here’s to the upcoming week!

]]>http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/book-vs-movie-podcast-replay-whatever-happened-to-baby-jane/feed/03694Luann & Tom, We Hardly Knew Ye-Ep. #44http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/luann-tom-we-hardly-knew-ye-ep-44/
http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/luann-tom-we-hardly-knew-ye-ep-44/#respondMon, 07 Aug 2017 17:22:42 +0000http://brooklynfitchick.com/?p=3692[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5614785/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/547926/custom-color/#87A93A” height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Have you heard the news? Where were you when you heard Countess Luann and Tommy’s Cookies were no more? It seems like Countess Luann from Real Housewives of New York City and her husband of 8 months, Tom Gristedes, are filing for divorce. If(...)

]]>Have you heard the news? Where were you when you heard Countess Luann and Tommy’s Cookies were no more? It seems like Countess Luann from Real Housewives of New York City and her husband of 8 months, Tom Gristedes, are filing for divorce. If those crazy kids in love can’t make it, what hope do the rest of us have? But as saddened and heavy-hearted we may be, we must soldier on. They’d want us to. So, in that spirit, Erin talks about the Rhett Miller show at City Winery (with special guest, Dave Hill!); Margo explains why there’s no such thing as “off the record,” (Farewell to you, too, Mooch! Good riddance!) and how just how many people in show business are actually bat-sh*t crazy (spoiler alert—A LOT!!).

It’s episode 7 of Stephen King’sThe MistTV series and in this special bonus ep of theBook Vs. MoviepodcastMargo D.andDeanaof theTwisted Philly podcastoffer their weekly recap of the Spike TV production plus, they choose their own “Top 5 Stephen King Death Scenes.”

This episode is titled “Over the River and Through the Woods”and it is seems everyone is about to hit their mental/emotional limit.

The podcast clip is at the bottom of this post but here are the basics of this week’s show:

The Hospital:

Kevin (Morgan Spector), Bryan (Ozekie Morro) and Adrian(Russell Posner) are now getting refuge in the psych ward which is surprisingly safe. Well, except for a certain resident there named Nash (Philip Ettinger)

Mia decides to tell Bryan that his real name is Jonah Dixon and that she is going on a quick detox. This requires him to strap her to a bed and witness her going through major withdrawals. She makes it through along with his help and they rejoin the group.

Adrian shares a room with Tyler (Christopher Gray) who has a Tom Hardy mouth. Tyler shares an awful story about sexually assaulting a kid from school then snuggles next to Adrian in his bed.

Adrian is then kidnapped by Nash who explains that because he can “see” things others cannot–Adrian is evil deep down and must be destroyed. Kevin convinces Nash to take him instead and then promptly beats the psych patient to death.

Kevin, Bryan/Jonah, Mia and Adrian leave the hospital. Tyler wants to stay behind knowing that he will most likely die there. (Major gay panic with this kid!)

The Mall:

Lots of tension at the mall over the lack of food available. (Why is that? Don’t they have a food court there?)

Alex (Gus Birney) now believes that there is no way that Jay (Luke Cosgrove) raped her and wants him to stay at their section of the mall. Eve (Alyssa Sutherland) is not happy about this but Alex is being bratty and taking advantage of the situation.

Eve gets a baby monitor and plants it at the other end of the mall so they can keep tabs on the bigger group.

We find out that Gus (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) is dealing with people who are becoming increasingly paranoid and delusional. Starting with the mall cop (Romaine Waite) getting ‘hangry” and wanting to explore for more food and then Shelley (Alexandra Ordorlis) trying to convince everyone that Alex is the cause of all of their problems and brought The Mist into the town.

The Church:

Nathalie (Frances Conroy) and Father Romanov (Dan Butler) are about to have an ecclesiastical showdown. It begins with Connor the cop (Darren Pettie)accusing Romanov of being a pedophile and then beating him about the face. Nathalie is sitting serenely as this is all happening.

Romanov offers a challenge to Nathalie. They both go out into The Mist and see who makes it back. Nathalie not only agrees to this preposterous idea but strips naked and marches right out there.

And guess what? We get the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse! Seriously, they shoot an arrow through Romanov and then drag him away. (I may have giggled during this silly sequence.)

So Natalie is now our Christ-like figure. Where the hell is this show going? Please someone, tell me!

]]>http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/the-mist-recap-ep-7-plus-top-5-stephen-king-death-scenes/feed/03688The Woodstock of the ’80s! Ep. #43http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/the-woodstock-of-the-80s-ep-43/
http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/08/the-woodstock-of-the-80s-ep-43/#respondTue, 01 Aug 2017 14:31:07 +0000http://brooklynfitchick.com/?p=3682Welcome one and all to our latest episode, where we discuss RH of New York, Auckland, The “Mooch,” narcissists, Tim Burton & Miss Peregrine, with a couple of documentary & podcast recs. Enjoy the dog days of summer, neighbors! Check out this episode!

Welcome one and all to our latest episode, where we discuss RH of New York, Auckland, The “Mooch,” narcissists, Tim Burton & Miss Peregrine, with a couple of documentary & podcast recs. Enjoy the dog days of summer, neighbors!

Here we are at episode six of Stephen King’sThe MistTV series and in this special bonus ep of theBook Vs. MoviepodcastMargo D.andDeanaof theTwisted Philly podcastoffer their weekly recap of the Spike TV production plus, we pick our “Top 5 Stephen King Guilty Pleasures.”

This episode is titled “The Devil You Know”and it is equal parts action-packed and terribly confusing.

Here are the basics of this episode:

The Hospital:Kevin (Morgan Spector), Bryan (Ozekie Morro) and Adrian(Russell Posner) are all still at the hospital and Kevin feels the need to leave. (Killing his brother has made him anxious.)

However, he learns from Adrian that Mia (Danica Curcic) stole their car and they are stuck. Adrian confronts a nurse and finds out that people are disappearing from the hospital but that shouldn’t worry at all about that. He also tries to talk to his crush/hookup to say goodbye but gets the cold shoulder.

Kevin discovers Dr.. Bailey is kidnapping people, filling them up with drugs and sending them out into The Mist. He has lost his mind and Kevin is his next victim. He is rescued by Bryan and Adrian.

Bryan meanwhile kills his “twin” and is anxious to leave. Mia comes back for her journey (more on that later) and The Mist is coming into the hospital and the gang is trapped.

The Mall:

Alex (Gus Birney) and her mother Eve (Alyssa Sutherland) decide to go shopping as a distraction. There is a really long scene about a jacket and then Alex says she thinks she should go out into The Mist to find her dad because The Mist does not have any interest in her so she would be safe. Eve says “hello no” so Alex decides to make a snaky visit to the shop “Hiker’s World” to get supplies.

Whilst there she gets locked in a break room and then gasoline is flooding in, then the place goes up in flames. Jay the Rapist (Luke Cosgrove) saves her and then gets mouthy with Eve when she admonishes him. Turns out Lila set the fire in retaliation for her daughter dying in Alex’s care.

Natalie (Frances Conroy) and the cop (Connor Heisel)continue their friendship. She makes a strange case for how everyone loves a disaster which made zero sense to Margo D.

Link (Dylan Authors) is the teen boy version of Mrs. Carmody and has turned into a vengeful zealot. He attempts to lock Natalie in the attic. She gets wise to this and instead breaks open a window which allows The Mist to come in and locking the boy in–basically killing him.

House:

Mia is back at the house where she first was looking for money and finds her dead mother upstairs in a bedroom. The mother tells her she loves her and that is she wants to kill herself then to go for it. Mia gets out and heads back to the hospital.

Topics covered :

Stephen King easter eggs

What is the deal with The Mist?

Where is this all going to?

Plus, Margo and Deana each pick their “Top 5 Stephen King Guilty Pleasures!”

]]>http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/the-mist-recap-ep-6-plus-top-5-stephen-king-guilty-pleasures/feed/03677Book Vs Movie: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/book-vs-movie-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children/
http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/book-vs-movie-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children/#respondSat, 29 Jul 2017 03:06:03 +0000http://brooklynfitchick.com/?p=3673Book Vs Movie “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” The Ransom Riggs Book vs the Tim Burton Film The Margos delve into the world of fantasy in this episode discussing the Ranson Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children which spent 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2012 and spawned(...)

The Margos delve into the world of fantasy in this episode discussing theRanson Riggs’Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrenwhich spent 70 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in 2012 and spawned two sequelsHollow CityandLibrary of Souls.

Normally Margo P. doesn’t go for the scary stuff but when her preteen told her this was her favorite book of all time and though she will never see the movie (she loathes adaptations–go figure!) she thought we should give it a go.

The book is a wonderful journey of a young man exploring his grandfather’s old photographs that lead him on an amazing journey on a Welsh Island. Does that sound boring? Believe us, it is a very funny and entertaining read with incredible vintage photos telling the story and a very funny & charming lead in the character of Jacob Portman.

It’s episode 5 of theStephen King’sThe MistTV series and in this special bonus ep of theBook Vs. MoviepodcastMargo D.andDeanaof theTwisted Philly podcastoffer their weekly recap of the Spike TV production.

This episode is titled “The Waiting Room” as we now have a new location–the hospital. (Thankfully they ditch the church and mall in this episode!).

It’s one of the gorier chapters so far and had some genuine scares but unfortunately, they still have some pretty lame dialogue.

Here are the basics of this episode:

The Hospital:Kevin (Morgan Spector), Mia (Danica Curcic), Bryan (Ozekie Morro) and Adrian(Russell Posner) arrive at the hospital just in time for Bryan to have emergency surgery for his bullet wound. The hospital has only 2-days worth of power and food left and people are becoming panicked.

Kevin sees his creepy brother Mike (Peter Murnik)who was attacked in The Mist and has some metal stuck in his abdomen. The doctors can’t operate on him so Kevin offers to do it even though his brother is being SUCH A TOOL. They have a contentious relationship due to the ever-sexy Eve (Alyssa Sutherland.)

(More on that later.)

Mia looks for Bryan (who is in room 237) and another gentleman is in his bed. We are reminded that our Bryan has amnesia and assumed who he was based on the ID he had on him. Mia freaks out and leaves the hospital with their truck.

Adrian meets up with the jock from high school who has hassled him in the past and who drops the F word like a maniac. (Not the F bomb which is bleeped throughout the show.) Adrian kisses him, the jock beats the snot out of him and then they make out and have sex. Because, of course.

Mike operates on his brother and The Mist shows up bringing lots of blood and leeches. Kevin reluctantly kills his brother and runs away.

The Past:

Eve and Kevin have a very fraught relationship. When they move into their house he surprises her by setting up Alex’s bedroom as a little girl’s paradise. Eve tells him she has never felt this happy and yet less like herself. (Mixed messages, Eve?)

She has an awkward encounter with his brother Mike (did THEY have sex in the past?) and later has afternoon sex with Kevin which apparently never happens. This is when we learn she had a reputation in high school and Alex is not Kevin’s daughter. (Wut?)

Topics covered :

The reveal that Alex (Gus Birney) is NOT Kevin’s daughter!

The use of the “F” word both bleeped and not.

Mia’s mood swings!

What is it with sex and this show?

The “Room 237” reference

What is the deal with Bryan Hunt?

The leeches!!!

Is Adrian up to no good?

What are the rules of The Mist!

Plus, Margo and Deana each pick their “Top 5 Scariest Stephen King Stories!”

]]>http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/the-mist-recap-ep-5-plus-top-5-scariest-stephen-king-stories/feed/03669Book Vs. Movie: “Julie and Julia”http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/book-vs-movie-julie-and-julia/
http://brooklynfitchick.com/2017/07/book-vs-movie-julie-and-julia/#respondSat, 15 Jul 2017 22:34:20 +0000http://brooklynfitchick.com/?p=3663Book Vs Movie “Julie & Julia” The Julie Powell Book vs. The Nora Ephron Film Is it us, or does the very suggestion of reading and watching this best selling book and popular film make you crave a life in Paris or what?! The Margos are back with a full episode talking about Julie Powell’s 2005 Julie(...)

Is it us, or does the very suggestion of reading and watching this best selling book and popular film make you crave a life in Paris or what?! The Margos are back with a full episode talking aboutJulie Powell’s 2005Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchenwhich was based on her 2002 Blog “The Julia & Julia Project.“

Julie went from NYC cubicle drone to a popular food blogger in a short span of time when she chronicled her year’s journey into cooking every single recipe inJulia Child’smasterpieceMastering the Art of French Cooking.

Nora Ephronwrote and directed the 2009film starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep.It seems people are divided on which part of the film they prefer. (Oh, let’s be honest–it’s “Julia and Paul” by a landslide!)